Pubdate: Tue, 24 Feb 2009
Source: Hudson/St. Lazare Gazette (CN QU)
Copyright: 2009 Lake of Two Mountains Gazette Ltd.
Contact:  http://pages.infinit.net/gazette/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4094
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n202/a07.html
Author: Jeff Casselman

HARMLESS DRUG

Re. Russell Barth, Letters, Feb. 18: So 1.1 percent of the human
population is vulnerable to schizophrenia 'triggered' by marijuana.
You'll find that same figure attributed to booze or bad diets.

Schizophrenia is a serious problem, but so are the gangs that make
money from the prohibition we have in place against what is
essentially a harmless drug.

A more constructive answer would be to harness it, regulate it, rather
than keeping it in the underground economy.

Jeff Casselman